Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings / 2012
Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, January 2012
17 winter storm warnings in January 2012. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in January 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 17
- Busiest day
- January 16, 20124 winter storm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Pacific Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 10:44 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 41 hr | |
| Jan 16, 4:05 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 59 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:22 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | San Juan | 59 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:43 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 58 hr | |
| Jan 16, 3:30 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 4 more | 4 days |
| Jan 17, 5:00 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 34 hr | |
| Jan 18, 7:58 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 30 hr |
| Jan 19, 10:39 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 3 hr | |
| Jan 20, 4:19 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 2 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:51 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 19 hr | |
| Jan 20, 2:52 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 13 hr | |
| Jan 21, 2:22 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant | 32 hr |
| Jan 21, 7:58 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 16 hr | |
| Jan 22, 3:58 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | 11 hr | |
| Jan 23, 9:03 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 31 hr |
| Jan 24, 4:39 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Jan 31, 3:14 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 31 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chelan County3
- Douglas County3
- Grant County3
- Benton County2
- Columbia County2
- Franklin County2
- Kittitas County2
- Klickitat County2
- Walla Walla County2
- Yakima County2
- Okanogan County2
- Spokane County2
- San Juan County1
- Adams County1
- Asotin County1
- Garfield County1
- Lincoln County1
- Whitman County1
- Ferry County1
- Pend Oreille County1
- Stevens County1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.